My local market is cost prohibitive to invest in and the thought of assembling a "team" of unknowns in another market was scary. 

Depending on your strategy, you can house hack in cities, invest in mid-term rentals for professionals, or explore BRRRR opportunities in more affordable markets like Pueblo or Greeley.

we have investors who are trying to decide between long term rentals on new builds and short term rentals on new builds in midwest markets in urban adjacent core neighborhoods. how are yours performing?

Quote from @Justin Spear: @Jay Hinrichs yes, first question: is there market value in me clearing a house lot on rural land, putting in a driveway and getting a septic design, then selling at that level of development. second question: how much more value is there to be added by introducing a MH and selling as a turn key starter home versus partially developed land.  

For example, I have a duplex that I tried to sell off market through Facebook Groups.

People are always looking off-market but sometimes there are hidden gems hiding in plain site.

Be aware that some meetups are really just marketing tools for those hosting them.

Basically they want to make sure you are not pulling it off the market to get the tenants out and then placing new tenants.

And for those thinking about jumping into hosting in 2025, with Airbnb's stock jumping 14% pre-market, is this the signal you've been waiting for, or does all this platform tinkering make you nervous?

I talk with a lot of flippers in this market and with the scarcity of good deals may are looking at new construction.